The next few weeks were spent preparing for Lily's baby shower and for the arrival of Josh, Chloe and Nicky. Jesse and Beca were looking forward to seeing the baby again on ultrasound.

For the first time in who knows how long, Beca was awake before Jesse. She was excited, they were driving to Santa Monica to see Debi for their 2nd appointment.

"Jess..." she whispered, "it's time to get up. We get to see our baby today!"

"Damn Babe, what time is it?"

"It's 9:00...we need to leave in an hour to go see Debi."

"You're excited," he mumbled sleepily.

"Come on...Get up! We need to get moving!" She told him as she walked to the bathroom to shower.

"I'm up." he said as he stumbled into the bathroom.

"Yeah, you are in more ways than one!" she laughed

"Oh yeah?!" he said as he stepped into the shower with her, "well just for that we're conserving water this morning."

After having hot shower sex, the two continued to get ready for their appointment. While Beca fixed her hair and put on her make-up Jesse went to the kitchen to make her smoothie and get her breakfast ready. As he was setting everything on the island for her he heard her scream.

"JESS..." Beca screamed. "Come here now!" He immediately thought something was wrong and took off running. When he got to their bathroom she was just standing there.

"Baby, are you ok? Why did you scream?" He asked.

She lifted her sweater and said "Look!". He stood there looking at the slightest hint of a baby bump. It was small but it was there. He walked over to her and couldn't help but put his hands on her belly.

"Can you see it?" She asked, "I have a bump."

"Yeah baby, I see it. The baby is growing." He said smiling at her. "But did you have to give me a heart attack?"

"Sorry," she said, "I didn't mean to. I was trying to put my jeans on and noticed they were a little more snug than usual. I didn't notice until then."

"I didn't notice it either, but this is so exciting." He said. "Do you want to tell everyone this weekend."

"I was thinking if I can make it a few more weeks we may be able to announce the pregnancy and the gender at the same time."

"Oh, that would be cool, but you did just grow over night. What if we can't wait that long?"

Then we'll figure it out then." Beca said, "We have to hurry and leave."

He let her finish getting dressed, kenneled Laney and packed Beca's breakfast for the road.

Beca ate the breakfast while Jesse drove with his left hand on the steering wheel, his other on her bump the entire way to Santa Monica. He really was being cute about the whole thing.

When they arrived, Debi was excited to see them when they got there and showed them to an exam room.

"So, Beca, how have you been feeling?" Debi asked.

"I've been feeling great." Beca answered.

"Are you ready to hear your baby's heartbeat?" Debi asked.

"We are." They answered in unison.

Debi asked Beca to pull up her sweater and that's when she saw the bump. "Oh Beca, look at you! You have the most precious little baby bump ever!" Debi said.

"It wasn't there last night!" Beca said, "I noticed it when I got dressed this morning."

"That's usually how it happens." Debi giggled. She put the doppler on Beca's bump and they heard a loud swishing, that sounded a lot like a washing machine.

"Is that it?" Jesse asked

"That's it, Jesse. That's your baby. Sounds healthy. Do you want know what I think the sex of the baby is?" Debi asked.

Jesse and Beca looked at each other and nodded. "You can tell from the heartbeat?." Jesse asked.

"Isn't it too early?" Beca asked

"Well...do you want to know?"

"Yes." They said in unison

"It's still early but it sounds like a boy to me. Boys typically have slower heart beats."

"A boy?!" Beca said squeezing Jesse's hand.

"I'll do an ultrasound today as well and see if I can tell for sure." Debi said. "I'll go get the portable ultrasound and be right back" and she stepped out of the room. Beca and Jesse weren't planning to find out the sex of the baby today but by the sounds of it, they were going to be the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy. When Debi came back in, Beca was crying.

"Beca, are you ok?" Debi asked.

"Oh yeah, I'm great." she said.

"Ok then, let's see if I'm right." Debi said. She showed them the baby's fingers, toes, heart, eyes, nose and mouth. Then came the important part. Debi said, "I'm almost 95% positive you're having a boy. This is the umbilical cord and you see this, that looks like a penis to me." Debi continued to take measurements and make notes in Beca's chart. Beca everything looks great. According to my notes from last time, you're 13 weeks and 5 days today and the ultrasound confirms that. I'd like to see you again in 4 weeks for another check up and ultrasound."

"Ok," Beca said pulling out her phone and looking at her calendar."

Debi made her appointment and told her to call if anything should come up in the mean time.

Beca and Jesse were all smiles when they left the birthing center. Even though she just wanted a healthy baby, Beca had prayed for a little boy. She wanted to honor her dad and grandfather and by the looks of it her wish was coming true, Dylan Mitchell Swanson was going to be here sooner than they thought. They decided to stop at the maternity store on the way home as well as Babies-R-Us "just to take a look around." They looked at the bedding and décor, finding what they wanted right away. The pattern was called "Monkey Rockstar" it was perfect. They bought all of the room décor since they loved it and everything was in stock.

When they got home, they took everything they bought and put in the storage room in the basement. Jesse locked the door and put the key in the safe. They knew Chloe would be here tomorrow and she wasn't above snooping if she thought she had something to gain.

"Hey babe, have you thought of how you want to tell everyone the news?" Jesse asked.

"Well, if we can hold off until after our next ultrasound, I thought we could make a movie poster to announce it." Beca said.

"Very cool idea." Jesse said, "What if it turns out that we can't wait?"

"I don't know. What do you think?"

"Guess we'll have to wing it." Jesse said.

"Let's pray this little one stays small for the next few weeks." she said.

For the rest of the afternoon, Jesse helped Beca get the house ready for Chloe, Josh and Nicky. Chloe insisted that they all stay in the same room even though Beca and Jesse had more than enough guests rooms. While they were at Babies-R-Us they bought a pack and play for Nick to sleep in. They got it all set up and Beca put a new stuffed toy in the bed for Nicky.

Next on the to do list was getting a list together of food she and Stacie needed to shop for. The shower was for 2 o'clock on Saturday. They were planning on snacky foods for the shower and then they would all have dinner together as a group around 6:30. As Beca was writing a grocery list, when her phone rang.

"Hey Amy."

"Hey Flatbutt," Amy said, "what's going on?"

"Just trying to get the house ready for Lily's shower on Saturday. What have you been up to?"

"Ahhh, not much." Amy answered, "Just thought I'd check in to see what was going on."

"Amy, you're a terrible liar and you're full of crap! What's wrong?" Beca said.

"Well...I might have forgotten to book hotel rooms for me and Cynthia Rose." She admitted.

"You guys can stay here. We have plenty of room." Beca offered.

"Are you sure? We don't want to impose." Amy said.

"It's fine. We have 4 guest rooms upstairs and 2 downstairs, Chloe is only using one." Beca said as she called for Jesse. "Jess...can you come here?"

"Yeah baby, what's up?" Amy heard him say.

"Amy and Cynthia Rose are going to stay this weekend. Can you go make sure the other rooms upstairs are good to go please."

"Yeah, sure." Jesse said.

"Thanks, love you babe!" Beca said.

"Love you too baby!" Jesse said.

"Geez Shawshank... Who would have thought that our littlest Bella would turn out so damn sweet?" Amy said.

"Amy, shut the hell up." Beca said with a laugh.

"Ahh...now there's the Shawshank I know and love!"

"Amy, I'll see you and Cynthia Rose tomorrow. Are you guys flying or driving?"

"We're driving. We'll leave about 11 o'clock and get there by no later than 3 o'clock. If anything changes I'll call you."

"Ok, sounds good. Call me when you leave and then again when you're about 30 minutes away so I can make sure I'm home when you get here." Beca said.

"Will do. Love you Flatbutt!"

"Love you too Amy! See you tomorrow."

Jesse walked back in the room, kissed Beca and said that the guest rooms were ready. "You know, I'm glad we're able to lock that storage room."

"Yeah, me too" Beca said, "Lord knows Chloe and Amy are a force to be reckoned with."

"What time will they be here?" Jesse asked.

"Around 3 o'clock. They're driving. I'm glad that I've been working from home, otherwise Rod would kick my butt for being out of the office so much."

They went to the store for all the party food they would need for the shower. Jesse also got snacks for the guys since they would be watch the UCLA game. They also decided that dinner would be a BBQ brisket and all the fixings. They were really looking forward to seeing everyone especially since they hadn't really seen them since the wedding.

"Ahh shit Jess, we need to hurry. We're supposed to meet Donald at the rehearsal hall to hear the kids rehearse." Beca said.

"Crap, I forgot. We still have plenty time if we get checked out now." He said.

They finished up at the store, unloaded everything at home and made a beeline for the UCLA Scattertones rehearsal hall. They made it with about 10 minutes to spare. She and Donald decided to mix 'Just a Dream' by Nelly, 'Suit & Tie' by Justin Timberlake and 'Just The Way You Are' by Bruno Mars. The mix was perfect and the kids sounded amazing and Jesse made a few suggestions for the choreography. When Donald saw Jesse's suggestions he immediately made the changes.

After rehearsal, Donald introduced Beca and Jesse to the kids. They couldn't believe that a real music producer with Capital Records was helping them with their mixes. After Donald dismissed the kids and they went to dinner. Beca and Lily talked about the baby, she was due in 2 weeks and looked exhausted but she was so excited about her shower. After dinner, the couples parted way and said they would see each other tomorrow.

By the time Beca and Jesse got home they were ready for bed. It had been a long, exciting day and tomorrow and Saturday would be even longer. When they laid in bed, neither one could help but rub her tiny bump. It was just the slightest hint of a bump but it was there. They just hoped they could hide it for a little longer. Beca's idea for the reveal was perfect.